[X-Newbies] Re: OF and Booting from CD [Was: Corrupted User Prefs]

[Alex]

On Jun 18, 2005, at 02:00, Tony Johansen wrote:

> Booting from TechTool CD with C key depressed is
> impossible. [...] Techie friend had blamed problem on OpenFirmware
> password [...]

This has nothing to do with your other problem.

Your friend is right, setting up OpenFirmware password disables several 
trip keys, including "C" for booting from the CD. See

<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106482>

for details.

That is, in fact, the point of OF password -- to make it a little more 
difficult to gain access to the data.

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